Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2015, the matrix below shows Netherlands's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.

Netherlands

Year: 2015(11 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1559(11)[6]1021(7)[5]609(6)[4]380(4)[3]224(3)[2]120(1)[1]48[1]
>= 50 mln USD488(5)[4]332(3)[4]218(3)[4]142(2)[3]82(1)[2]48(1)[1]23[1]
>= 100 mln USD243(5)[3]167(3)[3]107(3)[3]71(2)[2]40(1)[2]24(1)[1]13[1]
>= 200 mln USD115(3)[2]82(2)[2]57(2)[2]39(1)[1]24[1]158
>= 500 mln USD3623129632

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation740311Copper; refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes201586.23%123,920,671
2Russian Federation811221Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders201577.64%10,020,730
3Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201575.32%34,859,359
4Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)201567.66%482,424,033
5Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed201558.79%231,898,011
6United Arab Emirates540490Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm201552.14%13,108,775
7Russian Federation721810Steel, stainless; ingots and other primary forms201549.99%13,609,111
8Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201536.82%144,786,217
9Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed201536.58%360,898,864
10Russian Federation030471Fish fillets; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)201535.20%26,716,687
11Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201530.43%32,546,404

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Legend:

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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.